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Hanan Harchol is back. In his last set of animated videos, he focused on the Jewish concepts of teshuva (repentance) and slicha (forgiveness). This time he focuses on the love, asking us to pause and think anew about what love is or can be. He turns an eye to people who are overly focused on what they can get out of a relationship, rather than the inherent rewards of giving:

"Look, it’s complicated. I’m looking for something else. My life is going in a different direction. It’s nobody’s fault. I just always had a certain picture in my mind, of what I want out of my life and what I want in a relationship, and honestly, what I think I really need, is to find myself. You know, I need to spend a little time focusing on me right now."

Wonderful. As a stay-at-home mother of two children, I found it necessary to divorce my husband after 14 years of marriage. It was fish love for sure. I gave and gave and gave while he worked, went back to school, and yelled at me in front of our children for not being able to do more than I was. I never felt appreciated, yet still care he finds the happiness he is looking for, elsewhere. Thank you for this story (smile).

I am not Jewish but I had a lot of Jewish friends growing up in Miami and in the early years of the time in the Air Force. I love the Jewish philosophy and listening to them closely and gleaning what I can learn from a lot I don't really understand when their speech is thick with accept.

This is lovely, a great reminder of the transformative and transcendent power of selfless love. Worth a re-hearing on a regular basis. I like the comparison of a love relationship with a business relationship. This requires us to s t r e t c h. And oh, that hurts!